Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Allen (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,386 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards is an audiobook by Adrian Tchaikovsky: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released March 28, 2024, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Allen
- Released
- March 28, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- ISBN
- 9781035013784
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards audiobook?
Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards?
Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards is narrated by Ben Allen.
Is Alien Clay: An incredible science fiction tale of first contact with the unknown, shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.